Count Dracula (1931 Movie Version)

The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly. The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield.

Count Dracula (1931)

 

 F: Ex (20)
A: Ex (20)
S: Rm (30)
E: Am (50)
R: Gd (10)
I: Rm (30)
P: In (40)
Health: 120
Karma: 80
Popularity: -20/0/-10 (In Home Area, to the general public, in occult circles)
Resources: Rm (30)

Talents:
Count Dracula has shown to possess the following talents:
Leadership*
Mystic Origin*
Mesmerism
Knowledge: Home Area
Knowledge: Ancient History
Knowledge: London
Business/Finance
Knowledge: Vampirism*
Knowledge: Important People
Law*

Powers:
Master Vampire:
Dracula is a master vampire, capable of many feats and abilities due to his vampiric nature. Dracula has shown (In the 1931 version) to have the following powers:

• Vampirism: Dracula require blood to sustain his lifeforce and power, as he says it, The Blood is the Life. Dracula is insatiable, but selective of the victims he chooses, usually either taking someone who is not missed or someone who is vital to his plans (like Renfield, the Flower-girl, Lucy Westerna, and the various crew aboard the Vesta). Dracula gains health by feeding off of an individual in equal exchange, renewing vitality. Dracula drains health and endurance ranks, as well as potentially infecting someone with vampirism through an exchange in blood. Such beings are lesser vampires, who are under the thrall of Dracula and must do his bidding (As seen with Lucy Westerna)
• Transformation: Dracula can change his shape into a wolf, bat, or mist. Although shown in the movie only to be capable of changing into a bat, Renfield was very clear he saw Dracula as mist, while Harker and Dr. Seward saw Dracula and then as giant wolf. For the purposes of the write-up, Dracula requires only a round to change into his forms. Please consult the advanced Judges book for write-ups on standard wolves and bats. For the mist, Dracula reduces his mass to Shift 0, passing through small cracks or other openings. Dracula’s mist form appears blood red, as it was mentioned in discussion from observers.
• Dracula is immune to damage from normal means, requiring blessed weapons, holy objects, or the other means to damage them. Dracula is considered resistant to physical attacks that are not magical in nature, suffering no loss of health, stun/slam/stagger effects, and will not suffer kill results, within acceptable reason.
• Hypnotism: Dracula’s greatest power displayed is his hypnotism,, granting him Rm (30) ability to hypnotize opponents. Dracula can place post-hypnotic commands which include actions and amnesia as necessary. Dracula also reduces the willpower of anyone he has successfully mesmerized by -1CS.
• Animal Control: As mentioned in detail by Renfield, Dracula commands lesser creatures such as rats with Rm (30) ability, summoning swarms of them as necessary. Dracula seemingly can control such swarms with little difficulty, and can summon up to three swarms in a single round of 1 — 100 rats per swarm, if Renfield’s observations are believed.

Contacts:

Dracula utilizes only a few contacts in his initial appearance: His brides, victims, and Renfield.

Limitations:
Dracula has many limitations, including:

• Unholy Nature: Dracula, cannot stand the presence of the relics of divine faith: crucifixes, holy water, the sacramental host, and other items. Dracula can be driven from a place with a holy object, as well as being barred from some locations with wolfsbane.
• Notoriety: Dracula is well-known in occult circles and in his home region, where everyone seems to know him as a vampire. As Van Helsing said, the greatest strength Dracula had was the fact no one believed he was a vampire or that vampires are known. Dracula’s notoriety however is clearly a problem, hence his travel in secret.
• Reflection: Dracula casts no reflection and becomes extraordinarily agitated when shown his reflection. Dracula must immediately make a Psyche FEAT at -2CS when shown his reflection or burst into anger.
• Enemy: Dracula has clearly made an enemy of Professor Van Helsing.
• Arrogance: Dracula is arrogant to the point of folly. Dracula’s arrogance in underestimating his hold on Renfield and his human opponents leads to his downfall.